Story last updated at 2/15/2012 - 11:51 am
SKAGWAY - The Juneau Community Foundation (JCF) and the Brady family of Skagway, Alaska are pleased to announce an agreement to establish the Margaret Frans Brady Fund (MFB).
Margaret Frans Brady was a life-long arts and education advocate who supported charities in North Carolina and Alaska, where her son started a newspaper in Skagway 35 years ago. Brady died in January 2010, and her son, William J. "Jeff" Brady, wanted her memory of good works to carry on in the community she loved.
The MFB Fund is being set up as a donor-advised fund so it may assist worthy arts and education projects or scholarships in Skagway and northern Southeast Alaska.
"A donor-advised fund through the Juneau Community Foundation was the best fit for what we wanted to do," said Jeff Brady.
The MFB Fund has been established specifically to provide significant funds for both current needs and future projects. The fund will be used to support:
• Projects that enhance the arts in the Skagway community, including, but not limited to arts facilities, libraries, symposiums, marketing programs and website development.
• Arts education in the school and community, including music education and programs that teach other creative arts.
• Scholarships to attend arts camps, schools and symposiums.
• Arts councils and other nonprofits that support the arts with programs and facilities.
• Other youth education programs or activities that the donors deem worthy of funding.
JCF is accepting donations to the MFB Fund from individuals, organizations and businesses wishing to provide further support in these areas.
Applications for the MFB Fund will appear on the JCF website at www.juneaucf.org on March 1. The deadlines for applications and where to submit them will also be found on the website.
For more information about JCF and the MFB Fund, contact executive director Amy Skilbred at amy@juneaucf.org or 523-5450.
